Programm - Institut für Europäische Politik [IEP]

The EU's Foreign Policy – how to forward internal
unity and external strength? Views from
Germany, Poland, Nordic and Baltic countries
Programme
30 – 31 May 2011
Organized by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the Swedish
Institute of International Affairs (UI/SIIA) and the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP).
Venue: UI/SIIA, Drottning Kristinas väg 37, Stockholm
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of
Germany are gratefully acknowledged for funding this seminar.
Monday 30 May 2011
12:45 Registration opens
13.00 Light lunch
14.00 – 14:30 Welcome and introduction
Anna Jardfelt, Director, Swedish Institute of International Affairs
(UI/SIIA), Stockholm
Helmut Rudolf Kulitz, Research Coordinator, Policy Planning Staff, Federal
Foreign Office, Berlin
Peter Ericson, Deputy Director General and Head of the Security Policy
Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm
Prof. Dr Mathias Jopp, Director, Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP), Berlin

14.30 – 16.15 Session I How can subregional cooperation and initiatives
contribute to European unity and an increased role
of the EU as a global actor?
Chair Dr Gunilla Herolf, Senior Researcher, Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute (SIPRI), Stockholm
Introductions
Dr Marek Cichocki, Research Director, Natolin European Centre, Warsaw
Dr Juha Jokela, Programme Director, The European Union Research
Programme, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (UPI/FIIA), Helsinki
Dr Ramunas Vilpisauskas, Director, Institute of International Relations and
Political Science (IIRPS), Vilnius University
Dr Claudia Major, Deputy Head of Research Division, 'International
Security', Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Discussion
16.15 – 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 – 18.30 Session II EEAS and other foreign policy innovations: what
will be the impact of the Lisbon Treaty?
Chair Dr Dietmar Nickel, former Director General for External Relations,
European Parliament, Brussels
Introductions
Dr Antonio Missiroli, Head, European Dialogue Section, Bureau of European
Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission, Brussels
Przemysław Bobak, Deputy Director, Common Foreign and Security Policy
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
Dr Kristi Raik, Researcher, The European Union Research Programme,
UPI/FIIA, Helsinki
Dr Hanna Ojanen, Head of Research, UI/SIIA, Stockholm
Karlis Bukovskis, Assistant Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs
(LAI/LIIA), Riga
Discussion

Tuesday 31 May 2011
9.00 – 10.30 Session III Dilemmas and strategic choices in policies towards
eastern Europe: ENP and Eastern Partnership
Chair Dr Elfriede Regelsberger, Deputy Director, IEP, Berlin
Introductions
Göran Lennmarker, Chairman of the Governing Board, SIPRI, Stockholm
Åke Peterson, Deputy Director-General, Head of Department for Eastern
Europe and Central Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm
Antti Helanterä, Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Research, Finnish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
Dr Beata Wojna, Head of Research, Polish Institute of International Affairs
(PISM), Warsaw
Dr Katrin Böttger, Deputy Director, IEP, Berlin
Discussion
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee Break
10.50 – 12.40 Session IV The EU as a foreign policy actor: the Mediterranean
and the Middle East regions
Chair Dr Mark Rhinard, Senior Research Fellow, UI/SIIA, Stockholm
Introductions
Prof. Dr Walther Stützle, former State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Berlin
Olof Ehrenkrona, Ambassador and Political Adviser, Ministry for Foreign
Affairs, Stockholm
Dr Pernille Rieker, Senior Research Fellow, Department of International
Politics, Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs (NUPI), Oslo
Dr Annegret Bendiek, Deputy Head of Research Division, 'EU External
Relations', SWP, Berlin
Ahto Lobjakas, Analyst, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute (EVI), Tallinn
Dr Fabrizio Tassinari, Head of Foreign Policy and EU Studies, Danish
Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen
Discussion
12.40 – 13.00 Concluding remarks
Prof. Dr Mathias Jopp, Director, IEP, Berlin
Dr Hanna Ojanen, Head of Research, UI/SIIA, Stockholm
Dr Gunilla Herolf, Senior Researcher, SIPRI, Stockholm
13.00 Light farewell lunch